His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.

My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley.